Louisiana Post Names Delegates To National Convention
Derveloy announces Matt Monaghan of Alexandria as department adjutant and finance officer and identifies district and auxiliary delegates elected to represent Louisiana at the national convention in Boston in September. Includes names of governors, district delegates, alternates, and auxiliary officers across New Orleans Shreveport Baton Rouge and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiam Jacobs
New Orleans
Derveloy
Matt Monaghan
Alexandria
New Iberia
Advvocate
William Chisholm
Shreveport
Sam Moncia
Opelousas
Junor Baseball
Louisiana
Boston
Jones
Roland Cocreham
Baton
Charles Mitchell
Monroe
Martin
Welch
George F. Roeling
John
Arthur Wallace
Benton
James C. Casserly
George Parker
Fred E. Simonson
Metairie
Joe Kadak
Luling
Edwin Meyer
Thibodaux
C. L. Mengins
New Theria
Roscoe Campbell
J. B. Youngblood
Mansfield
Arden B. Smith
Oak Grove
John A. Helgason
Mounds
Harry Cloudy
Baton Rouge
Lester Gonzles
Gonzales
Steve Alford
Lake Charles
New Oreans
Robert Langhart
L. B. Seidenspinner
L. L. McCormick
Destrehan
W. W. Thayer
Lafayette
Hugh Stadgill
Ruston
Albert Teenberg
Refugees Dock Safely in New York After Atlantic Voyage
Passengers praised the voyage and the British confidence in victory as the liner reached New York. Descriptions recount a storm on June 2 after leaving Galway with 60 sailors, a noisy propeller loss, and Nazi broadcasts fueling fears. Notables aboard included Mrs. Robert Montgomery and Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt. her husband served as a British Army major and retained American citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seacick
Galway
Paul H. Sullivan
Goodyear Rubber Company
Germany
United States
Theodora Talcott Slater
West Hartford
Conn
Robert Montgomery
France
Kermit Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Italians' Setup in Europe's War
An analysis estimates Italy could raise up to 5 million first line combatants aged 18 to 55 and deploy many across the empire. It cites about 8,000 aircraft with 2,160 first line fighters and roughly 1 million tons of naval strength. Prewar estimates show Italy at 717.9 thousand tons versus Britain's 2,079,863 and France's 755,570. Italy focuses on submarines and motor torpedo boats. A final sentence notes stutterers may have a larger vocabulary than those without speech impediments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Great Britain
France
Swiss Arm For Suspected Invasion Threats In 1940
About 400,000 Swiss troops stood ready along the Wirkelried line and Alpine passes facing Germany and Italy. Basel and Geneva showed calm as gunfire from the Maginot and Siegfried lines echoed, with residents adapting to war fears and a pilot surviving a parachuting mishap amid armed civilians.
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Black Forest
Wirkelried
Germany
Italy
Aar
Rhine
Koblenz
Geneva
Limmatt
Reuss
Switzerland
Basel
Thurgau
Russians and Japan sign bilateral agreement and commission
A joint Russian Japanese commission to settle borders was formed but disbanded on January 31. Pravda warned that US entry into the European war would threaten American bases in the Pacific and could lead to a Atlantic naval focus benefiting Japanese imperialism in the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines. Kansas passes law banning public snake eating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist Party
Pravda
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
Air Ace Kain Killed in Action and Other War Dispatches
Flying Officer E J Cobber Kain New Zealand pilot and Britain first air ace of the war killed in action at 22. Alfred Paul Ritter eight killed in a Klingelnstein bombing near Ulm Germany. Paris cabinet meeting canceled. Norway abandons resistance to save northern region. German reports say incendiaries hit Niedervellmar near Cassel. minor damage. Berlin DJL says Dutch German frontier status reported from Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
E. J. “Cobber
Kain
New Zealand
Britain
France
Washington
State Department
Alfred Paul Ritter
Klingenstein
Ulm
Germany
Marie
Collingdale
Stockholm
Otto Ruge
Norway
Berlin
Niedervellmar
Cassel
DNB
Battle reports and wartime updates from London and Berlin
A collection of dispatches note wartime activity with Germany and Britain. Reports include Urbsys traveling to Moscow for talks, Britain preparing for war savings week, and the Vulcania liner release. British carrier Glorious and ships Orama, Acasta, Ardent, and Oil Pioneer are sunk or presumed lost. Camel fat facts conclude with a biology tidbit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Glorious
Orama
Oiers Acasta
Ardent
Courageous
North Sea
Royal Air Force
Legislature Set for Busy Period in 1938 Session
Thomas D. Gilmore of West Feliciana parish presses tax measures on incomes liquor and natural gas while Governor Jones withholds endorsement. Observers view the license bill as a revenue backstop. House appropriations committee to begin daily sessions as the 1938 legislature plans to fund state government with about 75 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas D. Gilmore
West Feliciana Parish
Jones
Bayer
Gilmore
House Appropriations Committee
Two U S Workers Burned In Explosion At Sea
An explosion of a gasoline stove aboard the United States Bureau of Fisheries lugger No 58 wrecked the 49 foot vessel off New Orleans. Captain Rufus Head aged 34 and deckhand George Benton aged 33 were seriously burned. The lugger carried about 500 gallons of gasoline and burned to the waterline, leaving the upper structure in splinters and twisted metal. The vessel was valued at about $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Rufus Head
George Benton
Italy Calls Citizens to Arms for Victory Creed
In a Berlin gathering the speaker proclaims Fascist morale and vows to march with Germany to victory. He credits Victor Emmanuel and asserts Italy’s unity and resolve to achieve lasting peace through force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Yugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
Egypt
Berlin
Germany
Victor Emmanuel
Europe
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